This map of “Generalized Environments” in Newark depicts the conditions of buildings in the city in the 1960s. Predominantly white, middle-to-upper class neighborhoods such as Vailsburg, Weequahic, and Forest Hill are seen to be “substantially sound,” while predominantly black, poor and working class neighborhoods in the Central Ward are classified as “predominantly blight.”

Clipping from an unmarked newspaper, covering the plans of the Newark Coordinating Council (NCC) to picket city construction sites if city officials did not take action against employment discrimination of Black and Puerto Ricans in the building and construction trades. The article includes a list of demands issued to Mayor Addonizio by the NCC, which was comprised of various civil rights organizations in the city. — Credit: Newark Public Library

This map of “Generalized Environments” in Newark depicts the conditions of buildings in the city in the 1960s. Predominantly white, middle-to-upper class neighborhoods such as Vailsburg, Weequahic, and Forest Hill are seen to be “substantially sound,” while predominantly black, poor and working class neighborhoods in the Central Ward are classified as “predominantly blight.” — Credit: Newark Public Library

Excerpt from the antipoverty program proposal of the Blazer Council Work Program. The Blazer Program provided job training for Newark’s poor Black and Puerto Rican communities to prepare workers for skilled employment in six areas: food preparation-catering, upholstery, automotive skills, floor polishing and scraping, dressmaking, and renovation and repair. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers

A view of the Blazer Work Training Program’s automotive program from the United Community Corporation’s 1966-1967 Program Report. The Blazer Program provided job training to Newark’s poor Black and Puerto Rican communities to prepare workers for skilled employment. — Credit: New Jersey State Archives

Flyer distributed by the Newark Coordinating Council (NCC) and the NAACP announcing a rally to organize around employment discrimination in the building and construction trades in Newark. Despite momentous protests at the Barringer High School construction site two years earlier, Newark’s Black and Puerto Rican communities still struggled to gain equal employment opportunities in the building and construction industries. — Credit: Newark Public Library

Article from the New Jersey Afro-American covering demonstrations at the construction site of the Rutgers University Law Building in 1964. Various civil rights organizations, including the NAACP, CORE, Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), and Puerto Rican populations protested the $2.5 million project that employed no Black or Puerto Rican workers. — Credit: New Jersey Afro-American

Article from the Advance newspaper in 1966 covering a recommendation from the Business and Industrial Coordinating Council (BICC) and Essex County Grand Jurors Association to expand the Essex County Vocational School system to meet the demands for education and job training in skilled employment. The BICC was established in the wake of the contentious protests at the Barringer High School construction sites in July 1963. — Credit: Newark Public Library